The King and Queen of all quizzes!
What do you get when you merge Japanese psychology, the Rorschach inkblot test, a sprinkle of Jungian psychology, and the Tarot all together? Well … you’ll find out! (But I can guarantee that it’s probably one of the weirdest tests you’ll ever take.)
What is the Subconscious Mind?
Your subconscious mind can be compared to an inner basement in which all of the material not currently inhabiting your conscious awareness is stored.
Every memory, skill, experience, feeling, thought, and forgotten or subliminal piece of information is housed in your subconscious mind. It is this powerful part of your brain that carries out actions on autopilot, delivers intuitive and instinctual information, and predetermines how you will act in any given situation.
How Dominant is Your Shadow Self?
The human shadow contains every thought, feeling, desire, and personality trait that we have rejected or suppressed. How dominant is yours?
Your subconscious mind is also where unresolved or suppressed feelings, desires, and ideas dwell, and is therefore where your shadow (or the rejected parts of yourself) can lurk. For this reason, shadow work is one of the most powerful ways of exploring your subconscious mind and freeing it of any weight it may be carrying.
You can see our popular and highly rated Shadow Work Journal for a deep guided way to explore this hidden part of you.
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
The subconscious mind for most people is a total mystery. Yet science has proven that a large percentage of our feelings, thoughts, and major life decisions are based on the impulses arising from this strange realm.
Your subconscious mind influences everything from the partner you choose, to the jobs you take on, personas you adopt, addictions you develop, and aspirations you have in life. The craziest thing is that often we aren’t even aware of the impact that our subconscious mind has on us.
As I pointed out above, there is also another darker side to the subconscious mind: it is the place where we often hide or suppress the emotions that we don’t want to face. Mind you, not everything buried in the subconscious mind is negative – there can be brilliantly creative and joyful elements within it as well – but some of what the subconscious contains can feel quite strange or confronting.
In this test, you’re presented with the possibility to learn either positive or negative qualities about yourself, and receiving either is neither right nor wrong, it just is.
Subconscious Mind Test
After receiving your answer in this test, please reflect on any reactions you might have. Do you feel shocked, angry or defensive? If so, consider that these reactions might be defense mechanisms.
Defense mechanisms are like inner walls that immediately go up whenever we touch on an inconvenient (or painful) truth. Again, you can check out our Shadow Work Journal or even our Shadow & Light membership for more ongoing guidance.
Also, don’t take the answer you receive as a certainty. See it instead as a possibility. As with any quiz, accuracy can’t be 100% guaranteed (but we’ve tried our best!).
So have fun with this subconscious mind test, and don’t forget to share your results (if you’re so inclined)!
Oh yes:
P.S. Why is the Tarot included in this test? Most people have false assumptions about the tarot. The dominant belief is that the tarot is some kind of hocus-pocus fortune telling gimmick. This is far from the truth. Yes, the tarot can be used by modern bejeweled “gypsy fortune tellers” to make grandiose predictions. But most genuine tarot readers in this day and age believe that no path is set in stone. We are in charge of our destiny. The Tarot is a powerful psychological tool that reveals your unconscious desires, needs, thoughts, gifts, and aspirations. In short, the Tarot is a powerful tool for exploring your unconscious mind. The deck used in this test is one that I personally use and recommend called The Smith-Waite Tarot Centennial Edition Deck.
We’ve also created questions inspired from the book ‘Kokology’ created by University professors Isamu Saito and Tadahiko Nagao.
On to the test!
What did you get?
Share your results below!
At first, I was nervous about seeing those tarot cards because I’ve always been told that reading your “future” is evil. But I had to remind myself that everything has two sides. It can be used for good, or for evil. Everything in life is like that, and I ended up finding out that I store a lot of sadness within me. Even though my healing progress has just begun, I believe that I can heal myself from the burns and scars that others have given me(including my family).
Tanjah, I think that’s a wonderfully mature perspective. There’s a lot of taboo surrounding tarot, but in my opinion, the best use for it is to help us gain deeper insight into ourselves in the present moment. Besides, I don’t personally believe that it can reveal the future, only the most *likely* outcome of the energy flowing right now. Best wishes with your healing :)
HOPE – i’ve had this enlightenment just recently. I shared with a close friend that I have a hard time leaving. I’ve never been the one to break-up in my past relationships. It’s either I subtly distant myself til they give up or I’d completely disappear. And just a few months ago, I went through a very unpleasant situation at work where I have been for 7yrs. I knew I’ve outgrown the place. My values, goals and principles does not align as the company’s anymore but I was too stubborn to acknowledge and do something about it. As soon as I found out I am being terminated, I did not fight it at all. I am very thankful for what happened but hoped I had acted before it happened.
My test result was Love. The results of the test confirmed something that I already knew. Strong, solid, cold, and unbreakable are quailities that most people with Love hidden in there subconscious have on there exterior. I was shown, with ayahuasca, that love was the main thing missing in my life. And although I felt great happiness and peace, I fell into a deep depression for the past 18 months. I hated the universe for stripping me of my shell because I was vulnerable again. Although I had been shown the hidden love within my subconscious, I knew that the world was still exactly the same and that the abandonment and neglect that I felt as a child would find its way back to me again. I believed that the shell/mask I created kept me alive. It was easier to deny all love, both given and received, then it was to deal with neglect. But within the past week, I’ve been reflecting on my past experiences with ayahuasca and all the synchronicties that ultimately brought me here have helped me tame my demons and put them on a leash. I know now that true strength isn’t about what we show, but what’s in us. I’m beginning to feel free again and ultimately give my family and myself the love that is deserved. Thank you.
I couldn’t answer some of the questions accurately, particularly the dream one, I rarely remember my dreams, and I have never dreamt of my parents as far as I can remember,I tried the test twice and it came out as , 1,fear and 2 contempt,fear seems likely though, I am scared of my own shadow
I USE NUMEROLOGY CARDS AND THEY COME TO LIFE FOR ME. THEY ALSO GET INSULTED IF I DO NOT GIVE THEM THE RESPECT THEY NEED TO HELP IN SO MUCH.
BINGO!! I AM EXLORING AT THIS TIME AND IT IS GOING WELL. I SOMETIMES FEEL THE OLD ME KNOCKING BUT I AM ABLE TO BE KIND TO HER AND TALK TO HER AND HEAL THE WOUNDS.IT IS VERY COMFORTING AND SNUG AND SAFE AS I AM ON THE RIGHT PATH FOR SURE NOW. BUT THERE ARE TUGS OF I WANT TO DO EVRYTHING AT ONCE AND NOT WAIT TILL IT MANIFESTS IT SELF TO ME. I WILL NOT BE THE FOOL IN MY LIFE AGAIN THOUGH I FEEL THIS TO BE ACCURATE OF ME AND I HAVE CHANGED AND WITH THAT CHANGE (AS USUAL) I HAVE CHANGED MANY AROUND ME. ITS AN AUTOMATIC THING. I USED TO GET UPSET AT HAVING TO BE THE ONE WHO INSTITUTES CHANGE IN PEOPLE. I WOULD SAY WHAT ABOUT ME! WELL HELL THIS IS MY PATH SO IT IS ABOUT ME! I AM HAPPY AND SEEING CLEARLY LIKE MY GIFTS HAVE QUDRUPLED IN I HATE TO USE THE WORD POWER BUT ITS A GENTLE GOOD POWER NOT A POWER SEEKING MONSTER! AH FINALY GETTING CLOSER TO THE ESCALATOR TO HIGHER ENLIGHTEN MENT AND IT FEELS SO DAMN GOOD……
Got contempt. Then I went to grocery store, which not only involved driving but generally walking around in a crowd. “Not so hidden” I thought. When I came back, I finished reading the article and it made me remember that I am pretty hard on myself. Especially poignant to remember on a weekend when I’m feeling pretty overwhelmed. I always hate jobs that spread me too thin with different tasks, and I realize I’m no different with myself. Too many incomplete projects sitting around a house that, after almost a year, is still only minimally furnished.
I’m glad you had a moment of self-awareness and self-reflection, Steven. It’s normal for us to be hard on ourselves. Thank you for taking the test and for sharing. :)
Good evening
Beautiful topics
I’m not good in English language
I tried as much as possible for translation to understand
The test result is love
thank you
Thanks, Dalal. :)
LOVE. My test result was; love. I feel my test result was very accurate. But it left me feeling very vulnerable and a bit sad. I’m not sure why? Also, I had never realized that Love could be hidden in the subconscious mind. Well…. I’ll have to give it some research and thought as suggested in the Tests introduction. Thank you so much for another well thought-out and insightful test.
Much love from a grateful heart,
J. B.
Take time to process lovely. It’s okay to feel a bit sad. It’s totally normal, especially when something strikes such a deep, buried chord. Give it a good think-over.
Wow, I got hope as my result. When I saw that I just burst into full out tears. So then I began to think about how could something so seemingly positive be resting in the subconscious mind causing me so much pain?? Then I thought back on what has been bugging me lately and has been holding me back. One of them is forbidden love, something so innocent as a crush has in-turn crushed me. But why? It was because I was hopeful that this person would bring about a sense of happiness to me. It sounds so naive now to think about that. But, we can sometimes can distracted on a spiritual path. This was all supposed to happen to show me what I was missing: self-love. I attempted the mirror work that Luna and Sol mentioned, and it was scary how little I recognized about myself, I was just in constant judgment of the superficial things.
Let me tell y’all the spiritual path, or the path-less-taken, is scary, brutal, gut-wrenching, terrifying. But all the while, I have seen glimpses of what true inner peace and bliss are, and that is what is making me hopeful and keeping me faithful to this path. I feel like I am diving deep into it, and there is no way but going onward. Like a lot of you, I am scared but also excited to learn more about myself.
If any of you are reading this, please know that you are not alone.
Ashton, thank you so much for being vulnerable here. You make us (and myself) feel not alone in this journey. You voice so eloquently what the majority of us on the inner path feel and struggle with. Thank you!